Re: inetd on a desktop machine
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 20:26, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> On Sun Jun 29, 2003 at 01:59:28AM +0800, ZHAO Wei wrote:
> > Any insights why I should run inetd on a desktop machine ?
> > I use ppp which depends on netbase which depends netkit-inetd which runs
> > an inetd daemon but I have no use of it at least it seems to me .
>
> Because exim runs per default via inetd.
But I use ssmtp which uses no daemon. So my inetd is only a non-service
to me.
> Are you from the gentoo refugee camp? Why is it bad to run inetd on a
> desktop machine?
No it's not necessarily bad. It's just that I don't need it. And I think
I should have the flexbility provided to remove a package that I don't
use. Right? :)
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ZHAO Wei
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http://www.advogato.org/person/zhaoway/
Linux & Free Software Consultant, Nanjing, China
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